All the faces , in all the crowds. As the years pass, and time moves us forward. Where have they all gone? This last year, out here on the road, so many have come and gone like rain on a summer afternoon. Some I remember with a smile, and then there are those that I remember with a distant stare. Faces are filled with stories and life. Some of us wear our life and others live one. I have been on both sides of that story. For in someones story, I have also became just another face in the crowd. The last year and a half living on the streets of Orlando has been in the very least, a real struggle with my inner self and the struggles of others. It never bothered me to meet new faces, it was just when the faces began to talk and speak. That's when [after the road had worn me down], that I would breath a heavy sigh, and my mind would drift away.
I can never understand why so many people find it necessary to fill quiet space with needless conversation?..It's like...They always have to explain every situation or moment with a reason.....It does not!!....There are so many times I do not even know how to reply or if I even should. A ll of us are our own individual story. No doubt about it. That is a fact. But not every story needs to be told, and if it is....Please, just tell it once!!.. [thank God for mans ability to daydream]. When I see crowds of people. I see stories. Faces are a very good indication of the stories that reside within us. Now, the quality of the story pretty much depends on the teller of the story. If the face is uncreative, then the story will more than likely be a flat, boring, repetitive string of events...I'm guilty of it. Who is not? A good sign of a boring story is when the listener starts picking their nose or drops their pants and relives some bodily fluid...lol....
That is a really good sign the the listener is not enjoying your story. [actually had that happen]. Some "yarns", are like watching a very bad movie or sit-com. You know it's bad when you actually become embarrassed for the actors. Ever watch one of those?...If not, just watch some of Steven Segal movies...wow, I think they come with directions on his movies, so you understand why a Ice pick is attached to the CD set, so you can at anytime start stabbing yourself in the eyes and get it over quick...[sorry Segal fans]....Just watch mainstream TV for a while. It is full of uncreative garbage and "just another face in the crowd shows. One will disappear and another will be right behind it.
QUOTE: What is now new, was once old, just made visible.....THOREAU...[paraphrased].......
Remember when we were all teenagers and all the cool things we discovered. Actually thinking we deserved some kind of patent on a situation or phrase we thought that we invented..Youth is a wonderful, funny road. Being young is sort of like being another "face in the crowd". One of the millions, in the millions of crowds. I must of drove my parents crazy with my needless chatter, explaining everything that they already knew. Under normal circumstances I would have more patience with others, but this last 19 months of being homeless there is nothing normal about this area of life....Not one day is normal, not one!...My life, your life, our lives, for we are just "faces in the crowd".
So, the next time you are in a crowd, take the time to scan the faces of our fellow humans. I might be in there some where, I'll be easy to see, I'll be picking my nose!!! lol have a great day..
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